metal

Photos: Intel shows off future tech

News Designed specifically for this hand, these Series Elastic Tendons are tension-sensitive cables covered with a durable yet flexible metal covering, which allows for the hand's fingers to respond to pressure.

Tags: hand, handle, research, production

16 June 2008, 9:23

News.blog: Xbox 360 price cut rumoured

News With Metal Gear Solid 4 finally available for the PlayStation 3, it doesn't take a genius to predict that the PS3 is going to get a boost from having a hit console-exclusive title under its belt. And in another shocker, Divnich "foresees the PS3...

Tags: gear, hardware, console, sales

16 June 2008, 9:04

Cracking open the Atari 2600

News The metal box opens to reveal the underside of a circuit board. CNET.co.uk's sister site TechRepublic runs a regular series called 'Cracking Open' in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets.

Tags: credit, ports, output, channel

23 May 2008, 11:04

Photos: Living green in La Casa Verde

News The framing includes salvaged lumber and metal studs with recycled materials. In San Francisco, limited land availability and notorious red tape can make it especially hard to build with sustainable materials and renewable sources of energy.

Tags: water, natural, city, house

12 May 2008, 9:38

News.blog: Microsoft, Sony talk 360 Blu-ray drive

News The PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4, due out in June, apparently fills an entire Blu-ray disc, though it's unclear whether it's a single-layer 25GB disc or 50GB dual-layer disc. CNET.co.uk's sister site Gamespot.co.uk posted a news blurb on a...

Tags: disc, ray, xbox, layer

7 March 2008, 9:19

Photos: MythBusters test sharks and ninjas

News The MythBusters used this metal tubing to take core samples of pieces of steak in order to test how tenderised they were. One myth the MythBusters will investigate during the Shark Week episode they will shoot in the Bahamas next week will be the...

Tags: shoot, weight, water, air

3 March 2008, 9:31

EU PlayStation 3 bundles coming in March

News Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle in the US. The first new European PlayStation 3 bundle, due to arrive on 19 March, is movie-focused -- it will include a 40GB PS3 and the films 300, Casino Royale, and Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray as well as a Sixaxis controller.

Tags: lite, european, playstation, controller

29 February 2008, 8:53

Photos: Busting up a PlayStation

News Remove these screws, disconnect the fan's cable, cut through the white sticker that holds the cable to the metal shielding, and then remove the fan. Removing the case's top half also exposes the PlayStation 2's metal shielding, tiny cooling fan...

Tags: ports, post, chip, cable

1 February 2008, 9:53

Photos: Tata's budget Nano car

News The car has an all-sheet-metal body, crumple zones, seat belts and tubeless tires. You've undoubtedly heard of the iPod nano, and may even have the tiny music player tucked in a pocket or hanging from a lanyard around your neck.

14 January 2008, 9:48

News.blog: New rules for batteries on planes

News And for lithium metal batteries, whether carried as a spare or installed in a device, batteries are limited to 2 grams of lithium metal. If you don't want to lose your spare lithium batteries for your camera, laptop or mobile phone, you might want...

Tags: pack, installed, devices, fire

2 January 2008, 9:16

Photos: Inside the iPod touch

News We got the back removed okay, but during the process a small metal piece came loose. Under the tape we found two more screws, but the metal plate hiding some of the chips in the touch just popped off -- at least after we removed that last bit of tape.

Tags: fi, battery, wi fi, clip

4 December 2007, 11:15

Photos: What's inside the iPod nano?

News The back plate is just a piece of molded metal, but it was a bear to remove. The only thing you haven't seen in the previous photos is the curvy piece of metal that was attached near the audio plug. TechRepublic's Mark Kaelin cracked open the 4GB...

Tags: handle, connections, credit, logo

7 November 2007, 9:30

Photos: Disassembling a digital camera

News The battery assembly, shown here, includes a metal framing that connects it with the viewfinder (bottom right), as well as the battery door (far left side). Learn how a digital camera is put together in these photos of a disassembled ViviCam, a...

Tags: credit, battery, cable, lens

2 November 2007, 9:37

Photos: Competition shines at Solar Decathalon

News That's because the core of the house is a metal shipping container -- the part of the building painted red here. Decathlon two years ago, used a metal truss structure for its house. DC. It's a competition between 20 universities to build the best...

15 October 2007, 10:54

Photos: Futuristic home appliances

News The metal at the bottom of the sink contains a sound-dampening layer, so water that splatters off it, or a drippy faucet, won't make much noise. National, one of the subsidiaries of the Matsushita conglomerate, recently opened a technology centre...

10 October 2007, 10:11